Mop-truck.



W. S. FINNELL.

MOP TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED APR-12| 1916..

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" MWHHHHHHHH! STATE@ WLTFR SCOTT FINNELL, 0F BROKLYN, NEW

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.To all 'whom t may concern.' Y

Be it knownthat l, WALmnR S. FINNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improve-V ments in Mop-Trucks, of which the following is a specification. 4

This invention relates to a' mop truck for use in mopping floors of any kind.

The object of the invention 'is to provide a water-carrier comprising two compartments or two tanks, one for clean water and the other for water that has' been mopped from the door; the capacity of each of these compartments may vary from ten to twenty-ve gallons, and the two together are mounted on wheels to enable them to be readily moved aboutover the ioors of` hotels, railway stations,

and other places having a large area of floor surfaces, which require frequent scrubbing. rllhe invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawing, in whichf-f' Figure 1, is a perspective view of truck. l

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal vertical section large stores, banks the mop on .a straight line through the two watercompartments Fig., 3, is a vertical cross-section taken,

through one of the compartments, in this instance through the dirty-water compartment, on vthe broken line 3 3. i

Referring to the drawing the construction consists of two tanks which are of about the same size and are placed side by side both being seated in a suitable frame 4, which holds both tanks in a fixed position.

. The numeral 5, tank, and 6, the dirty-water tank. la present instance be rectan they may upright cylinders. The tanks require to be constructed water-tight, and the bottom 7, of each tank is preferably inclined, as seen in Fig. 2, and at the side where the bottom is lowest the tank is provided with a' spigot 8, for use when it 1s desired to draw oft water. I

IThe truck structure, in the present instance, has three wheels; two of the wheels 9, are on one axle 10, and the third wheel 11, has a vertical shank 12, that turns in a vertical tubular bearing 13, like an ordinary castor roller.,

'the bottom of said V1n Fig. 8.

the two tanks are shown 'o lar in shape, but it is obvious ave other shapes such as that of lThe frame 4, supports the two tanks and is made of bar-iron which in cross-section is right-angled, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This frame is supported above the wheels by three tl-shaped studs-one such stud 14, being connected with said' tubular bearing 13, at the castor wheel, and a similar V-stud 14, on the axle 10, and projecting above each of the two wheels.' lThe water tanks are seated on the flat horizontal side ofl the angle-bars of said frame 4, while the dat vertical side of said angle-bar 4, projects up and contacts with the sides of the tanks 5 and 6. It will be understood the bottoms of the two tanks setdown into the up-projecting sides of said rectangular frame 4, and the latter holds the two tanks from lateral movement.

The adjoining walls 15, of the two tanks are separated by a vertical space 16; a channel bar 17, extends horizontally across at space and between said two adjoining walls, and the ends of this bottom cross-bar take under the two opposite right-angled bars of the frame 4, as shown A second'channel bar 18, eX- tends across at the top of said space 16 and closes the latter, and the ends of thisto cross-bar take overthe two opposite longitudinal right-angled bars, of the top rectangular frame .19. Two vertical rods 20, have position in the said space 16, that separates the adjoining walls 15, of the two tanks, and these rods connect the bottom cross-bar 17, with the top cross-bar 18, and thereby the lower frame 4, and the upper frame 19, are rmly bound together and said two frames hold the two tanks 5' and 6, to

rllhe rods 20, and two bars 17, 18, may be dierently arranged. l

rlhe dirty-water tank 6, is provided on two opposite walls interiorly with a cross cleat 21, positioned a short distance below the top rim of the tank, and these two cleats support a perforated strainer or shield 22. The position of strainer 22, formsin the top of the dirty-water tank, 6, above the strainer a vacant space wherev a mop may be kept when it is not in use. When a mop, by a back and forward movement, has been drawn over a wet floor, it is saturated with dirty-water that has been absorbed.A The purpose of this strainer prevent the mop,

or shield 22, is to when charged with dirty Patented Ang.. t', 1211*?, application med april-1a, 191e. serial no. eaten. 1

Lessa te water taken up from the door, from being dipped `into the dirty-water can, but allowing said mop to be first squeezed dry over the strainer,and then dipped into the cleanwater tank. By` this construction the mop charged with dirty-water wiped from the floor may be held over the open top of tank 6, while the operator squeezes from the mop the dirty water onto the strainer orl shield 22, which latter will prevent the m0 from being dipped into the tank; this squeezing may be done by hand or by using, an ordinary roller wringer.

When the dirty water has been exhausted from the mop, the operator may dip the dry mop into the clean water of the other tank 5, and then the mop with clean water may be again applied to the floor, and the operation repeated. l 4

By means of this mop truck clean water held in one tank whose top may be kept covered, can be readily carried about to any osition, and the mop once saturated with dirty-water from the Hoor can be wrung while held over the open screened top of the dirty-water tank; this operation prevents the clean water in tank 5, from being seriously polluted, and insures that the dirty water mopped from the floor will be con- :fined to the one tank, 6.

This operation of mopping the dirty water from a Hoor that has been scrubbed, is

greatly aeilitated by using the two tanks of which one has a dirty-water strainer, 22..

The truck can be easily 'pushed about in base frame; two rectangular tanks seated' side byv side upon said base frame with the walls of said tanks that adjoin separated from each other by a narrow vertical space; a rectangular frame attached to the tops of said two tanks; a bottom cross-bar extending through said vertical space with ends engaging opposite bars of said base-frame.;v a top cross-bar extending through said space with ends engaging the top frame, and vertical rods positioned in said space and connectng with both said bottom and top crossars.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER SCOTT FINNELL. Witnesses:

F. Wammes, A. E. SemrMMnn. 

